Los Angeles VA Hospital dumping Veterans in Skid Row
source: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5588413
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echoz
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Looks like at least 10 hospitals are currently under investigation just in LA. It's happening way too often like a nasty hidden cost of business, instead of honest health care:
"A Los Angeles hospital accused of dumping homeless patients on downtown’s Skid Row is facing the first criminal charges in the city’s campaign to crack down on the practice and clean up the area.
Kaiser Permanente is among 10 hospitals under investigation by city prosecutors for allegedly discharging homeless patients to the streets of Skid Row rather than to a relative or shelter.
The case against it stems from a March surveillance video showing a 63-year-old patient from Kaiser Permanente’s Bellflower hospital wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers. Prosecutors describe what happened to Carol Ann Reyes in a document supporting the criminal charges filed late Wednesday.
Skid Row is one of the most dangerous places, not only in L.A., but in the state and the country, so to dump her right in the heart of it with a hospital gown and socks and sweat shirt is unconscionable,” City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo told The Associated Press on Thursday..."
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robertogrijalva
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You can thank me later for having this song stuck in your head the rest of the week.
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